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coolstore design ’

Design guidelines outlining improvements to coolstore design in light of the 2008 Icepak Tamahere explosion that killed one fire-fighter and injured several others has been launched by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ). Aware of several serious fires in coolstores – also known as coldstores – in the last 30 years that have[continue reading…]

A Hamilton industrial design company is distancing itself from its work on Icepak coolstores following the fatal explosion and fire at Tamahere. Design Management Consultants Ltd, owned by engineer Lyall Green, is a Hamilton-based consulting design practice whose services, according to its website, include providing “clients with the safe and cost-effective fire strategies and materials[continue reading…]

While the exact cause of the Tamahere coolstore fire is still to be revealed 10 weeks after the blaze the spark for another coolstore fire at Katikati in the Bay of Plenty has been confirmed in just two days.

Following the fire at Icepak Tamahere, the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ) initiated a review of the design of cold storage facilities. The coolstore saved from the fire beside burnt out remains of others